Where does “πλοῖον” come from?

πλοῖον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πλέω, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

πλοῖον (Ancient Greek): a floating vessel, ship, boat

Definitions

  1. a floating vessel, ship, boat

Ancestry of “πλοῖον”, step by step

πλοῖον traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek πλέω

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπλέωsail; float
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Proto-Indo-European plowyom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanplowyom—

Words derived from “πλοῖον”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Ancient Greek πλέω →
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